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Joshua J. Friedman

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Some clarifications, now that the press release is out:

—IRS apparently can't force states to participate, but they'll work with every state that's interested
—Yes, IRS plans to expand the software to include "most common tax situations"

www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

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Seth Trueger's avatar Seth Trueger @mdaware.org
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gonna make a guess at what the map of participating states looks like

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I used it this year and aside from a little clunky interface issues I was very happy with it and am glad it will come back next year. It saved me a good clip of money. That, combined with California's free e-file, I was able to do my taxes for free for the first time in decades.

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Leivy 🔜 TFS's avatar Leivy 🔜 TFS @leopardlynx.bsky.social
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I do hope this opens potential new jobs for people. For a program like this, they're going to need some financial accountants* and most definitely IT (hardware, software, help desk, user experience, server equipment, and databases). There's more, but those two were at the top of my head.

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Godzilla de Harina's avatar Godzilla de Harina @owlframe.bsky.social
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Wait does the state opt-in thing apply to just federal taxes too (ie filers in states with no state income tax)?

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